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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Quantum of Solace (2008) - Part (14) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Quantum of Solace (2008) - Part (14) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Quantum of Solace (2008).
About the movie:
Seeking revenge for the death of his love, secret agent James Bond sets out to stop an environmentalist from taking control of a country's valuable resource.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quantum of Solace (2008)?
a.
Heath Ledger
had been in talks to play Llewelyn Moss, but withdrew to take "some time off" instead.
b.
Noah Hathaway
almost lost an eye during the fight-scene versus Gmork. One of the claws on his giant paws poked him in the face. The robot was also so heavy that he lost his breath as well when he was hit to the ground by it. They only made one shot due to the risk that he would get seriously wounded.
c.
Debbie and Freds last names are given briefly as "Kleiser".
d.
The films title was selected only a few days before its announcement on 24 January 2008. For a long time, it had been considered unsuitable for an 007 film;
Daniel Craig
admitted he was unsure about it, but it seemed to fit in the context of the film: "Bond is looking for his Quantum of Solace, thats what he wants.
Ian Fleming
says that if you dont have a Quantum of Solace in your relationship, you might as well give up. Bond doesnt have that because his girlfriend has been killed, therefore hes looking for revenge to make himself happy with the world again." QUANTUM is also the name of the organization in the film; a kind of new-age SMERSH, or the fictitious S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quantum of Solace (2008)?
a.
All of the suits worn by
Daniel Craig
in the film are the Tom Ford Regency model, which features a 3-roll-2 button closure, double vents, pick-stitching, straight flapped pockets, a ticket pocket, & side adjusters rather than belt loops. The suits also feature 5-button surgeons (functional) cuffs, which is a Tom Ford trademark.
b.
Dennis Hopper
and
Jack Nicholson
- huge fans of Italian director
Michelangelo Antonioni
- invited their idol to the first screening of their film. Antonioni was sufficiently impressed to cast Nicholson in his next feature film,
Professione: reporter
.
c.
In 1997,
Angela Bassett
and
Janet Jackson
were approached to play Storm, and later
Jada Pinkett Smith
was in consideration for the role. Bassett would later go on to play Amanda Waller in
Green Lantern
.
d.
One of Rainsfords shipmates quotes the first lines from "The Wreck of the Hesperus" by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quantum of Solace (2008)?
a.
Carl Ballantine
s movie debut.
b.
The sunglasses worn by
Daniel Craig
in the film are Tom Ford TF0108 19V, with a semi-matte rhodium frame, black leather temple tips, and smoke blue lenses.
c.
The head of Globotech is named Gil Mars. Mars was the Roman god of war.
d.
Roger Corman
directed this movie in between making Poe films (i.e. filmed adaptations of
Edgar Allan Poe
horror stories)
The Masque of the Red Death
and
The Tomb of Ligeia
, the latter of which was the last of his Poe adaptions.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quantum of Solace (2008)?
a.
Michael G. Wilson
: As man reading newspaper whilst sitting in green-armchair whilst
Daniel Craig
as James Bond handles metal case over counter.
b.
The sound of the pounding heart in the transformation scene was
Rouben Mamoulian
s own, recorded after he ran up and down the stairs for two minutes.
c.
Of the songs written for this film by
Richard Rodgers
and
Lorenz Hart
, only one would be sung on screen, "Theres a Boy in Harlem," vocalized by
Jeni Le Gon
and The Three Brown Sisters, accompanied by
Les Hite and His Orchestra
. "Food for Scandal" (the working title of this feature) served as rhyming patter between
Carole Lombard
and
Fernand Gravey
(plus some whistling done by Mr. Gravey alone). Heard in the picture as background music, "How Can You Forget?" was revived in 1958, complete with a
Benny Goodman
arrangement, for a Broadway play, "The World of Suzie Wong." Three tunes submitted by Rodgers and Hart for the feature were discarded: "Lets Sing About Nothing," "Love Knows Best" and "Once I Was Young." According to
Richard Rodgers
in "Musical Stages: An Autobiography," published in 1975, the songwriters became aware of the fate of their score when they went to see the picture.
d.
Director
Del Tenney
was apprehensive about the films combination of the teen beach movie genre and the monster horror genre, not knowing how it would go over with an audience. Tenney said he was admittedly surprised by the films success.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quantum of Solace (2008)?
a.
Jeff Skorik
, who contributes to the film score and appears in the film, was
R. Michael Gull
s songwriting partner from 1986 to 1993. They went to high school together. The two wrote and recorded several songs together. One of their songs, "Little Princess", appears in the film.
b.
Arsha Darbinyan
is in real life the mother of
Mihran Konanyan
.
c.
Anthony Horowitz
, author of the book, recommended
Alex Pettyfer
to play Alex Rider after seeing his impressive performance in the lead role in the British TV drama
Tom Browns Schooldays
.
d.
Brianna Meighan
: The Latin American Model / television hostess is featured in the Bolivian Party Scene filmed in Panama City, Panama.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quantum of Solace (2008)?
a.
Oona Chaplin
:
Charles Chaplin
s grand-daughter as a Hotel Receptionist.
b.
M. D. Chapmans hotel room in N-Y was on the 27th floor.
c.
The events in this film run concurrent to the entire
Head Case
series (
Head Case
,
The Ritual
, Post-Mortem).
d.
The film deleted a subplot of the Nerds visiting the Tri-Lambda national conference in Las Vegas, in which the Nerds are outcasts and in which Gilbert talks to his uncle at the hotel where the conference is being held. These deleted scenes can be found on the new "panty raid edition" DVD.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quantum of Solace (2008)?
a.
A good amount of the musical score is based around the song "Sgt. McKensie", which plays during the closing credits of the film.
b.
Alex Hyde-White
: Henry Jones, Sr. in 1912. Hyde-Whites face is never shown, his lines are dubbed by
Sean Connery
.
c.
Film debut of
Robert Urich
(Officer Mike Grimes).
d.
Guillermo del Toro
: The Mexican film director provides additional voices in the film. del Toro is a friend of the movies director
Marc Forster
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quantum of Solace (2008)?
a.
When the original studio financing the film backed off and InDigEnt, a New York-based, Mini-DV movie company, came on board, the budget was reduced from $3 million to $500,000. The shoot also became much shorter. It was 30 days originally.
b.
Brian Jennings
, the visual effects supervisor on the film, set up an in-house unit to handle the films 450 visual effects shots in London. The team of ten artists worked nine months on the project.
c.
The set for the floating opera sequence utilizes a gigantic EYE which invariably references
For Your Eyes Only
as does the distinctive appearance of the eyes of the films chief villain. The "For Your Eyes Only" book is the anthology which includes the short story "Quantum of Solace" from which the movie takes its title.
d.
Touissant Charbonneau and Sacagawea had a child while at Fort Mandan. Born 11 February 1805, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau continued the family business as a guide for a battalion of the Army of the West during the Mexican War of 1846-7.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quantum of Solace (2008)?
a.
Robert Braithwaite
: The Managing Director of Sunseeker International Powerboats (the boats are regularly seen in the James Bond movies of recent years) as a Speedboat Captain on a Sunseeker power boat carrying
Daniel Craig
as James Bond.
b.
The fast food robber who has his arm ripped off actually only had one arm. In the scene one can see that his right arm is a prosthetic, as he never moves or uses this arm until Toxie rips it off.
c.
Partially based on the book Single Black Fatherm an autobiography about a single father raising his daughter. The book was also written by
Keenon Nikita
.
d.
In one scene Joan Manion (played by Joan Leslie) is asked by Fred Atwell - a.k.a. Fred Burton (played by Fred Astaire) if her boss, Mr. Harriman (played by Robert Benchley), has ever proposed marriage to her: She replies that he has attempted to numerous times, but keeps getting side-tracked by discussions of such things as the "sex life of polyps". It turns out that in 1928 in one of Robert Benchleys earliest films he played a "Doctor Benchley" in the film "The Sex Life of Polyps" where he lectures Womens Clubs on this interesting creature that can change its sex.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quantum of Solace (2008)?
a.
Alfonso Cuarón
: The Mexican film director as a helicopter pilot, credited for additional voices. Cuarón is a friend of the movies director
Marc Forster
.
b.
Almost all the high school sequences, including the pool scenes, were filmed at Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove, Florida.
c.
The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies Of All Time" by Premiere.
d.
This film was originally going to be entitled "Frankenstein 1960" but it didnt sound futuristic enough. It was also thought to be too far fetched that an independent researcher could obtain his own atomic reactor in 1960.
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